Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-03
Their Ringster wriggles.
EDITOR DEnOcRAr.-

Like the Irishman, when in passing
sentence upon him, the Judge said !:
You are the worst reprobate ever
saw" "And be jasus,' replied Pat,
''yOu fatter me!' 1 have no doubt
but Chap. will feel fiattered at any no.
tice he can get now, too. But it is GER
tainly funny to see him trying the
charity dodge with Newcombe by coupl-
ing his name with that of Charley
Dodge. If this old fossil of antiquated
matter could only have enough of the
energy and spirit of progression infused
in his attenuated anatomy to bestir him
self around our county little he might
soon learn that Charity Dodge has
ceased to be a dodge to longer catch
the people. After having the Office
fourteen years and making himself rich,
they have about decided to retire him
awhile, and if any of his family want
the benefit of their charity they can
hereafter apply in their own name.
But if Mr.. Newcombe wants to carry
Charley, of course that is his own
privilege.
The desperate efforts to defend the
commissioners ON the railroad bond
question and the endorsement his can
didates have given to the same, is just
as senseless, stupid and puerile as his
other trashy political rot. 1t was the
| first and most obligatory duty of the
board to have protected the three-fifths
| of the tax payers who were not repre-
sented on those petitions by ascertain
was a genuine one or not. They did
not attempt this, but have shown by
their own actions that they were in di-
rect collusion with the parties who con-
curities for elections, the determination
ceived the fraud. Then after having
made every other company put up Sc
they displayed to release the schemers
of the fraud from responsibility, showed
the cloven foot too plain for denial
Of course these facts will not admit of
discussion on their part, and accounts
for their fiat refusal of every PROPOSE
tiOn to draw them into joint discus
sions. |
After the fraud had been exposed by
the officers of the road, the ringster con-
VentiOn by resolution Endorsed it, and
the table and efficient manner" in
which their commissioners sought to
place in the hands of few of its au-
thors, the speculating franchise of a
right of railway through our county.
Not only this but the right of a strong
part of the county to rob the weaker
part of it to build up the stronger.
And still not satisfied with their iniqui-
ties they further nominate candidates
exclusively from their own little cor
ner of the county, and pledge them to
an endorsement of the whole damnable
conspiracy to rob the balance of the
people by increased taxation to build
themselves up with spOils and specula-
tive plunder. The men who sanctioned
them, like their candidates do, are just
as bad il not worse than themselves.
One is the knave and the other is the
miserable tool and lickspittle; one
wants money and the other wants Office
to get money. The first boldly pushes
out to throttle his victim, while the
other, the plant sycophant, sneaks over |
the field to get what is left.
The democratic cOnyentiOn boldly de- |
nounced the whole wicked transaction, |
while the republican ring convention |
indorsed it in all it's conceivable black |
ness. Each pledged their candidates |
and now that the issue is squarely and |
directly drawn, it remains to be seen
whether the people are men of intelli- !
gence who knowing their interest will |
maintain, or like cattle will bend their
backs under the crack of the party lash |
and pull the old tricksters' cart along, |
although loaded with any and every |
burden the freebooter may please to pile |
into it. From the observation we |
have made all over Barton county, !
hundreds Oflrepublicans are with us,
and next Tuesday that old chestnut"
bell will be strapped OH Chaps dis
tressed neck, and then he, the fitting
bell-wether of the flock, can start out
in the lead of his mournful procession |
of sycophants to trail their way up the
muckey shores of Salt river.
Chap, don't you forget it! The total
Indebtedness of Barton county in 1887 |
was $47 900 bonded, s13, 900 floating
and S72 800 corporate and municipal.
This was the way We stated ten years
ago, and ever since; recently We dared
you to stake fifty dollars on your state